All materials for past Toolbox Talks and Workshops are available on the Center for Writing Moodle page. Contact Kristina Reardon to request access to the page if you need it.
Past Toolbox Talks
2017-2018
Writing Effective Conclusions
Introductions: 5 Opening Gambits
The RADAR Strategy - Helping students work through meaningful revision
Looping Toward a Thesis - An invention strategy that guides students toward their own thesis or claim.
The Accidental Plagiarist - An exercise in reading, summarizing, and paraphrasing.
2016-2017
The Inquiry Method - Asking Better Questions Leads to Better Topics
Structuring Strong Arguments, Paragraph by Paragraph - The MEAL Plan
Re-Seeing Paper Structure - The Reverse Outline
The Double-Entry Journal - The Reading/Writing Connection
2015-2016
Expand that Thought - An exercise pushing students to write with more detail
What's Your Metaphor? - An exercise in explaining the writing process
The Promise, Potential, and Perils of Peer Response
Responding to Writing without Losing Your Mind or Crushing the Student Soul
Reflection Essay as Evaluation - Students Writing about their Writing as Writers
Past Issues in Writing Workshops
Responding To and Evaluating Writing
- Part I (fall 2017)
- Part II (spring 2018)
The Reading/Writing Connection (spring 2017)
"Connecting Reading and Writing in the Classroom" - featuring special guest Ellen Carillo, associate professor of English at the University of Connecticut
Diversity, Inclusion and Language Series (fall 2016)
- "Evaluation Without Discrimination - Grading Strategies, Cover Letters, Contracts & Portfolios"
- "Diversity and Inclusivity in Language Practices" - featuring special guest Karen Keaton-Jackson, associate professor of English, North Carolina Central University
Writing in Community, Off Campus and On (spring 2016)
- "Service Learning and Community Writing"
- "Writing About, For, and With the Community" - featuring special guest Tom Deans, professor of English at the University of Connecticut
Thinking, Teaching, and Responding to English Language Learners (fall 2015)
- "Recognizing and Understanding Cultural Differences in Rhetorical Thought in Student Writing"
- "The Second Language Acquisition Process and Negotiating Writing Errors"